Profile: The trade of Justin Smoak to division-partner Seattle cleared the way for Mitch Moreland to assume the starting first-base duties for Texas for now. Chris Davis is still in the organization but his multiple failures at the Major League level has put him on short leash and given Moreland more breathing room to adjust. Moreland may not even need that as he did just fine for himself in his 173 PAs with Texas last season. Despite nine home runs in that limited trial, you should not count on Moreland to provide you with a lot of home runs over a full season. Moreland has been around 15-20 home runs per year at each level. He could develop more, especially considering his potent doubles totals, but it would be silly to assume it happens in 2011. Moreland is not going to steal you any bases and it is not clear yet where he will bat in Texas’ batting order so his RBI projections are in flux. Still, Moreland represents a possibly mid-level first-base talent that may not cost much to acquire. (Matthew Carruth)

The Quick Opinion: A potential buy-low target, Moreland has added value in keeper leagues. Make sure he’s not overtaken on the 2011 depth chart however.

Profile: It's strange. Despite average-ish luck on batted balls, an average strikeout rate, above-average power and a ground-ball-to-fly-ball ratio around one, Moreland hasn't managed even a mediocre batting average. Maybe it's his complete lack of speed or his platoon issues -- the team has even begun to sit him against lefties. Since the team stayed out of the Prince Fielder sweepstakes, though, Moreland should still get most of the at-bats against righties at first base in Texas, and judging from his minor league work, he could continue to improve his strikeout rate. The result could be a cheap first baseman with average-ish power and batting average, which isn't something to ignore. (Eno Sarris)

The Quick Opinion: It's not sexy, but Mitch Moreland looks like a starting first baseman -- at least three-quarters of the time. Deep leaguers should consider M&M for his ability to avoid hurting you at any category.

Profile: Mitch Moreland smashed 15 homers in only 114 games with the Texas Rangers in 2012, missing time due to injuries, general roster competition, and his platoon splits against left-handed pitchers. With Michael Young and Mike Napoli each playing for different ballclubs in 2013, Moreland now has a much clearer path to consistent playing time against right-handed hurlers. Odds are the 27-year-old will be benched against southpaws in favor of Mike Olt, but that could actually be a blessing in disguise for fantasy owners who don’t check matchups regularly. Moreland is going to be worth starting in AL-only leagues, and he’s not a bad Corner Infield option in mixed formats. (Zach Sanders)

The Quick Opinion: Mitch Moreland has power, plays in a good ballpark, and is just entering his prime years. Moreland is worth a selection in most formats, despite being a platooner.

Profile: At 28 years old, with 1560 plate appearances under his belt, it should be clear what Mitch Moreland brings to the table. At least against right-handers, he can walk and strike out at league average rates while adding power (.205 career isolated slugging percentage). He's made some improvements against left-handers, but he's never been able to push that production to league average. So this year, you'll probably see Moreland play two thirds of the time again, and with normal batted luck he could hit .250-plus with 20 homers again. In a nice park, in a nice league, he could be useful in short stints in deeper leagues with daily lineups, even at the bottom of a more crowded lineup. The problem might be his position. With Prince Fielder in town, Moreland is now the designated hitter, and coming off the bench -- either to DH or pinch-hit -- normally costs a player five to ten percent in production. His career split against right-handers is only about six percent better than league average! Tough to squeeze a lot of value out a guy that was the 34th-ranked first baseman last year in that situation. (Eno Sarris)

The Quick Opinion: Batted ball luck could help Mitch Moreland's line this year, but the circumstances on the team could undo a lot of that good will. Coming off the bench more often than he did last year won't be a good thing for his already marginal production at a position with a high bar for excellence.

Profile: Mitch Moreland will still qualify at first base in most leagues and his horrible 2014 rate stats were all in small sample size -- you could fake an interest in him. On the other side (the one closer to reality), even in his earlier years he was platooned pretty heavily, he did not really hit well enough to play first base, and the small sample of 2014 was not all that much different from his better seasons. When Texas first gave him the chance to be their (semi-) regular first baseman back in 2010 and 2011, he showed enough promise and was just young enough to give people the idea that he might blossom into something more. But he has never really grown as a hitter -- low walk rates, high strikeout rates, and power that looks less impressive once you remember which park he calls home have been his calling card. Moreland's home run rate did increase a bit in 2012 and 2013, but it was also accompanied by in a increase in his 2013 fly ball rate, which hurt his batting average on balls in play (and thus also his average and on-base percentage). Moreland is coming off a pretty brutal ankle injury, but the Rangers do not have many other choices at first and DH besides Moreland and Fielder. That means Moreland is going to have value, especially in that park. Moreland will hurt your rate stats, but help your counting stats. So he should be drafted in all AL-only leagues as a low-end option. Something like .250/.310/.420 with 15-20 home runs has value, just not too much. Watch how his Spring Training goes, health-wise. (Matt Klaassen)

The Quick Opinion: Mitch Moreland is clearly a marginal role player at this point, but his park and the promise of playing time means he is useful in almost all AL-only leagues for his counting stats. His rates will hurt, though.

Profile: After missing the majority of the 2014 season with a left ankle injury that required surgery, Moreland fully rebounded and delivered his best fantasy season and offensive performance of his career. Unfortunately, he still can't hit lefties, meaning he's a platoon player, though on the good side of one. That means that his counting stats are going to be capped because he simply won't receive the playing time necessary to move much higher among the first base crop. He's a solid play against right-handers in daily leagues, even in shallow formats. But in weekly transaction leagues, he's closer to replacement level. He seemingly just doesn't have the upside to warrant a larger role on your squad. (Mike Podhorzer)

The Quick Opinion: The ultimate "he is what he is", Moreland has posted consistent skills for several years, outside his clearly fluky 2014, which was cut short by injury. His platoon status limits his fantasy upside, so count on him more in daily transaction leagues than weekly.

Profile: So Mitch Moreland had his typical season, except that his BABIP cratered and dragged down his offensive performance with it. Literally everything else was right in line with his history, so you have to figure that BABIP rebounds and he's not such a batting average drain again. Helping his cause is a move to Fenway Park, which is quite the BABIP booster for lefties, thanks to the Green Monster allowing batters to poke balls off the wall for easy doubles that may have been caught for an out in other parks. Unfortunately, Moreland's HR/FB rate may suffer, as he departs one of the best parks for left-handed home runs to one of the worst. Perhaps a drop in HR/FB rate to the 14% to 15% range, offset by the potential for a career high BABIP is in the cards. (Mike Podhorzer)

The Quick Opinion: The move to Boston will affect the shape of Moreland's performance, but he should remain a low end corner infield option. Perhaps instead of 20+ homers and a harmful batting average, you'll get a replacement level home run total and a neutral or even beneficial batting average.